We repeat the mistakes of history because of the neglect of history, the imperfections of memory and the complexity of social situations. I begin with a discussion of the first two and then turn to the third. After discussing the meaning and significance of complexity, I discuss the causal ambiguity surrounding economic policies and what this implies for the burden of proof in policy espousal a...

This article proposes a method for studying and engaging in Black melancholic practice of YA SFF (science fiction fantasy) fandom. In 2015, minor fan discourse on ‘the Hermione’ rose to public prominence when the actress Noma Dumezweni was cast play Hermione Granger J.K. Rowling’s new Harry Potter stage play. I argue that ensuing evidences fannish desire authorial sanction is underreco...

Given that Fauvist, Futurist, Rhythmist and Vorticist painting sculpture took dance the dancer as an endlessly inspirational point of departure in their exploration what Clive Bell termed “significant form,” Modernist scholarship has remained neglectful mutual borrowings this synaesthetic relationship. “Above all let us devise dances” wrote Bell, enthused by Henri Bergson’s espousal rhythmic se...

Online Patient database is a particular type of service rendered by a chain of intercommunicated hospitals. Medical practitioners and clients are able to access their records or look into status of their diagnosis from any of the other or branch hospitals. The principle concern in online patient database is the authenticity of both the doctor and the client. Due to ineluctable intruding of the ...

Intelligence-driven policing strategies are coming to the fore in many countries around the world. This is evidenced by the espousal of the term in the mission statements of police services in Australia and New Zealand, the recent adoption of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan by the US government, and most notably by the legal commitment to the National Intelligence Model in the U...

Sexist attitudes do not exist in a limbo; they are embedded in larger belief systems associated with specific hierarchies of values. In particular, manifestations of benevolent sexism (Glick and Fiske 1996, 1997, 2001) can be perceived as a social boon, not a social ill, both because they are experienced as positive, and because they reward behaviors that maintain social stability. One of the s...

It is important to highlight that agriculture one of the sectors will be directly affected by climate change scenarios in recent years. There are a number processes such as drought, floods, temperature, salinity etc along with other forms biotic factors posing significant impacts on crop yields various crops due their fluctuating scenario environment. Espousal smart technologies and practices l...

Behavioral integrity (BI) describes the extent to which an observer believes that actor's words tend align with their actions. It considers whether actor is seen as keeping promises and enacting same values they espouse. Although construct of BI was introduced in 1999 developed more fully 2002, it builds on work earlier scholars discussed related notions hypocrisy, credibility, gaps between esp...